Refrigerator.



A. s. KLEIN.

REFRIGERATOR.

` APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25 19H. f

Patentedv lieb. 8, 1916.

lull '111111411 Lw/14211411, l A@ I of theice-chamber not only to and upwardly through the provision-chambersin' proxim lalong the ldirection indicated bythe arrow My fimp'roved refrigerator is .constructed 'UNITED sauras Aromen s. KLEIN, or cL'EvELaND, omo. mmeaaamon. A

ing to be a full, clear,` and exact descrip.

tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t pertains to make and use the same.

.- ,This invention relates to improvements in refrigerators, and more'e'specially to a portablev refrigerator having anice-chamber arranged centrally of the refrigerator a r1d-be-- tween; the provision-chambers.

One object 'of this invention is'to insure the "passage'of cold air from `the lowerend ity to the ice-chamber but to have the provision-chambers receive an ample supply of cold air at points farthest from the icechamber. i i Y Another object is to distribute the cold air descending from the ice-chamber equallyv between two provision-chambers A-arranpd at .opposite sides respectively of the ice-cham-A ber. i v

With these objects in'view, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations'and arrangements of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out inf the claim, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

` Vln said drawings, Figure 1 is 'abentral longitudinal section of a` .rcfrigeratorelu hodying my invention.Y Fig. 2 is atrans verse vertical` section taken through one 'of' the ,provision-chambers -alng the line Fig. l, looking inwardlyfor 'toward the i'cechamber. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical 'section taken centrally through 'the icechamber line 3 3@ Fig.v 1. looking in the internally in any approved'ma-nner to form an ice-chamber That is, said refrigerator has two-provisionchambers formed. in 'opposite end-portions respectively of the refrigerator site sides respectively of anA ice-chamber which is arranged centrally of. the refrigerator and is open at the top.

C represents the bottom of the refrigeraispecication of illetters Patent.

' with/and form air-inlets .A centrally of the refrigerfator and between two provision-chambers B;

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tor, which bottom, arranged .substantially horizontally and the ice-chamber 1s arranged aboe'the central portion of said bottom and,

spaced! from said bottom to form a cold-air Patented Feb. 1915. Appumion niealoetober 25,- 1911'. l serial Nq. I656,701. v

chamber D between said bottom and theice "g i chamber. A lsubstantially horizontally ar# ranged'gratingE is arranged .at'the lower end ofthe icechamber, between the yicechamber and the cold-air-charnber D, and, Aforms a Support forice.' The bottom ofi-said"4 t cold-air-chamber is preferably fori-ned by a G resting on thebottomC ffthe( drip-pan l I refrigerator and prOVdedcen-traIIy/Qf said cold-air-chamber with la depending/tubular member Whichji-..projects d of the drip-pan.

Each provi l which is imperforate'Y` between the cold-airchamber Die nd a point central fbetween'the side Wallsof said provision-chamber, which bottom is/proyided/'between said pointand the outer side wally of said provision-cham-I ber r wih apertures 5 `which-commilicateY chamber f and establish communication be,-

tween said'provisiorchamber anda p'assage- -W'ay H .vhich f is formed under'v said provi-. sionec'hA mber and extends from and laterally of the aforesaid cold-aiAr-chamber and under Said aperturesy said provision chamber.

,y nwai'tllyy through the bottom C and forms outlet ori-chamber has a bottom 12 Y f '75 for vlsaid provision- `therefore 'forni jair-utletslfor the outer' end? i portion said passageway catcs"'at lts linner end with saidcold-.aiy-l- Ichamber.

v"Each provision-,chamber at itsir'iien 'side and lower end has a.'lateralair-inlet'jyhich communicates above thebottomofsaid provision-chamber with. th cold-airlchaniber D..

By the" construction ,hereinbefoige described itwill be observdf municates through thev cold-airchamber D; th

from the ice-chamber through said' grating into said coldairclfamber; that' any. Water which communij 9 0 t ,hclice-chaniber eomgrating E 'withhlhe l at cold rair descendsn 'dripping from or, through saidtg'ratinggl is-rfeceifed by saidHcold-air-ehamber:'-fthat vthe tubulazrimember' of the di'ip paiiJG forms the firmer-outlet; ofL said coldfalrcham-V ber; that thelzfti'al air-inletsfofthepro` lof said I.

vision-chambers form a/ilmtletsyf ber is" in` comniinication .ther f old-air-f 4 chamber Iat theupper end of said cold-airchamber ;""that they passageway H forms airpassageway outer side wall of the adjacent provisionchamber, but also preferably extends from front to rear of said cold-air-chamber, and the bottom b of each provision-chamberis arranged at a point centrally between the top and bottom of said'cold-air-chamber so as to facilitate the passage ot' cold air from and cold-air-chamher through the aforesaid air-inlet and through the aforesaid passageway,

Two deleotors comprising each a slanting plate K are arranged within opposite sideportions respectively of the cold-air-chambei D and arranged to effect the deflection into the passageways H of cold air descending from the ice-chamber into said cold-airchamber. Each slanting deflecting plate K is removably mounted on the bottom of the drip-pan G and extends from within the upper portion of said cold-air-chamber at a point substantially central between the side walls of the ice-chamber laterally and downwardly into thc drip-pan and terminates a/t its outer end in proximity to the adjacevn't passageway ll and has its'dc'er portion facing' said passageway. Each deflecting plate I.re1.ets/at"its outer end on the bottom olthe drip-pan (l and is cut away along a portion of the said end7 as at 7, to permit the passage of water drippingr onto'and flowing down said plate to escape to the outlet of the drip-pan. Each dellecting plate K is provided at its upper and inner end with a downwardly projecting flange 'Z'. rosting.r on the bottom of the drip-pan'7 and the said flange is cut away centrally and at its lower end and yat the bottom of. the drippan, as at R, to avoid obstructing the passage oi water from the outer end of said plate to the outlet of the drip-pan.

llhe top comprises two slanting sections L lforming the .front and back of said top and two slanting sections Q forming the A rods of said top. The slanting sections L converge toward but are spaced-at their upper ends and consequently slope upwardly and inwardly over the provision-chambers andover the ice-chamber. The slanting topsections Q, convergef'upwardly and consequentlyslope upwdly and inwardly over the provision-chambers. The top of the refrigerator also comprises a 'substantially horizontally arranged central section R which 'rests on the upper edges and consequentl y overlaps the upper ends of the slant- 'ing top-sections L and Q. 'l would here remark that the sections of the top of my improved refrigerator are secured in place in any approved manner.

The provision-chambers communicate with the ice-chamber, as at l0, at the upper end of the ice-chamber, so that air within the provision-chambers Vupon ascending as its .temperature rises can pass to and over the ice in the ice-chamber, and it will' be observed that the slanting sections L and Q of the top of the refrigerator are materially instrumental in effecting the deflection or guidance of air thus ascending within the provision-chambers toward and over the icechamber Where said air is cooled.

yNot unimportant is the spacing of the central section R of the top of the refrigerator upwardly from theV ice-chamber A so that b v the illustrated arrangement of the slanting sections L and Q the guidance of said air to and over the central portion of the ice-chamber is insured.

In a refrigerator having a substantially horizontally arranged bottom, two provi- .sion-chambers arranged over opposite endportions respectively oli'said bottom and having their bottoms spaced from the firstmentioned bottom so as to form lair-conduct- 4in1-g" passageways under the provision-chambers` apertures in the outer end-portions of the bottoms of theprovision-chambers a cf-,ld-air-chamher arranged between the lower portions of the provision-chambers, and an ice-chamber arranged over said coldair-chamher, each provision-chamber being provided at the inner side and lower end with n lateral air-inlet which communicates with and forms an outlet of said cold-airchamher, the aforesaid passagcways communicating at their inner ends with said rold-air-clunntxl' and having their outer end-portions in communication with the provision-chambers in proximity to the outer ,side walls of the provision-chambers and' the bottom of each provision-chamber being substantially impor-forato between said coldair-ohamber and a po1nt central between loo l'saidrold-air-chamher and the outer side wall of said provision-chamber.

ln testimony whereoll sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses:

B. C. BROWN, N. L. MGDONNELL.

ADOLPH S. KLEIN. 

